Craig T. Owens

This is amazing—Jesus wants to say, “Amen!” to your prayers!

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“If we try to display the excellence of God without joy in it, we will display a shell of hypocrisy and create scorn or legalism. But if we claim to enjoy His excellence and do not display it for others to see and admire, we deceive ourselves, because the mark of God-enthralled joy is to overflow and expand by extending itself into the hearts of others. … God calls us to pray and think and dream and plan and work not to be made much of, but to make much of Him in every part of our lives.” —John Piper

I have blogged quite a bit about the importance of getting enough quality sleep. A new study finds that the link between poor sleep and mental health problems could be related to deficits in brain regions that keep unwanted thoughts out of mind. Check out the full report.

“You may have to fight the battle more than once to win it.” —Margaret Thatcher 

Believe it or not, New Year’s Day hasn’t always been observed on January 1. Dr. Steve Nichols has the strange and sometimes comical history about this date.

“Heroes always have their scars. Some you can see, some you read about later on.” —George Foreman